A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds!Be bold. Get seen. Be Heard.For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown.So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights -- plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.Until they're not.Denver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken.Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her -- and what it takes to fight back.
Publication Year: 2021
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0 0all denver dreams of is making it big in the music industry with her friends and getting out of her small town. one day, her music group, consisting of denver and her friends dali and shak, is discovered by a big-name r&b star, sean “mercury” ellis. all the sacrifices merc forces the girls to make seems worth it, until denver realizes her escape might just be a trap.
this book is super heavy so i definitely recommend checking the content warnings before picking it up.
i listened to the audiobook and it was so well-done! it included actual productions of the various songs which was really nice.
this reminded me of grown by tiffany d. jackson, though it did of course have many differences. still, if you liked that one i recommend picking up this one, or vice versa!
i loved the friendships within this book, though they did get turned against each other because of merc. however, i just think that really shows the effect manipulative men in power can have on young girls.
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